West Boylston

Worcester has joined a growing list of Massachusetts cities and towns banning the sale of flavored tobacco.

Emuge, a tool manufacturer, has begun a doubling of its West Boylston headquarters with a 22,000 square-foot expansion.

One Off Apparel in West Boylston was one of several manufacturers honored as Manufacturer of the Year at the Massachusetts State House in October.

Dairy Queen will open by early next year on Grafton Street in Worcester, making it the chain's first location in the city.

Worcester is working to determine which of the proposed 24 retail cannabis stores will land the city's 15 licenses.

The impacts of tariffs have been swift and immediate for Central Massachusetts manufacturers, who are seeing raw material costs spike while they remain locked in deals for goods.

Nearly 30 Central Massachusetts Starbucks locations will close for several hours this afternoon after an incident involving two African American men in a Philadelphia coffee shop that went viral brought backlash against the company.

With Worcester set to lose more than 460 manufacturing jobs in a three-year span, the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce is once again calling for the City Council to reduce the burden on commercial taxpayers.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is set to begin construction along seven miles of I-190 from the West Boylston-Stering town line to the Sterling-Lancaster town line.

Curtis Industries left its Worcester location for West Boylston last year, and this year, manufacturers Primetals and Allegro Microsystems said they plan to move out of the city as well.